Monday, October 19, 2015

About Warren


Warren Tan B.Soc.Sc. (M’sia), M.S.W. (Hong Kong), Dip Clinical Sup(Canada), PGD Satir (FamilyTherapy) Canada, Cert Traumatology (US), MFT (US)

Warren is currently a marriage & family therapist in private practice and sees individuals, couples and families for therapy. He specialises in helping clients with marital issues, loss and grief issues, and those who are depressed or suicidal and in the treatment of traumas & phobias. A much sought after counsellor, trainer and clinical supervisor in Malaysia & Singapore, he does clinical supervision and training for lay & professional counsellors and social workers. He also does workshops for the general public on topics such as parenting, marriage enrichment & premarital preparation & stress management. He maintains a clientele for therapy in Singapore & Kuala Lumpur. In Singapore amongst others his clients include Nanyang Technological University (NTU), National Institute of Education (NIE), The Ministry of Education (MOE), The S’pore Armed Forces (SAF), S’pore Prisons Services, Hospitals, NGOs, religious organizations & Family Service Centres (FSC). In Malaysia since 1997 he has conducted training for churches eg. BCM, FGA, SIBKL, DUMC, Glad Tidings amongst others, & NGOs & universities eg. The Shelter, Women’s Aid Organisation (WAO), Focus On The Family, UPM & UCSI university, Sau Seng Nam Hospital amongst others. 

For more than 30 years, Warren has had the opportunity to live & work in Hong Kong, Malaysia & Singapore. He has worked in a variety of settings & in varied capacities as a social worker, agency head, team leader, therapist, supervisor & trainer. His varied clientele included Vietnamese refugees & asylum seekers in detention centres & refugee camps in Hong Kong, university students & families in Malaysia, and for several years with disabled children & their families, couples with marital conflicts, families with parenting issues etc. in Singapore & Malaysia. He has also conducted training for religious organisations & NGOs in Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia & Vietnam. 

Warren is a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT) & the Satir Institute of the Pacific, BC, Canada & is a certified instructor & administrator in the Taylor-Johnson Temperament Analysis (T-JTA). He is also a certified Traumatologist (US). He is now Director for Training for Choice Makers Consultancy (S’pore), a Family Therapist with Raffles Counselling Centre (Raffles Hospital, S’pore) & Human Dynamics, and a former part-time Family Therapist with Eagles Mediation & Counselling Centre, Rotary Family Service Centre & TRANS Centre (S’pore). Warren is married to Sara and they have a son & daughter age 30 & 28. 

For counselling appointments, consultation, referrals & enquiries in S’pore or KL: E-mail: warrentan2@gmail.com Mobile & Whatsapp: 65-9631-3814 Tel: 65-6388 6538